Lakers News & Rumors Recap: Lakers Back In Playoff Picture

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The 2012-13 NBA season has been an absolute nightmare for the storied Los Angeles Lakers franchise. The team brought in superstars Dwight Howard and Steve Nash in the off-season to play alongside Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, but the combination of all this talent and experience simply didn’t produce results earlier on leading to the firing of head coach Mike Brown.

Once Mike D’Antoni was chosen as Brown’s successor over Phil Jackson, the team had officially headed into another direction. The move to hire D’Antoni instead of the 11-time NBA champion for a third stint has also backfired as the team has struggled ever since bringing in the former Phoenix Suns and New York Knicks coach.

There’s still plenty of basketball yet to be played for Kobe and company, but the team appears to be headed in the right direction moving forward. It remains to be seen if the team can continue to play with renewed sense of purpose and a never-give-up mentality, but hope has returned to this team that seemed destined to miss the playoffs.